Yes, it was August, I was sure of that,and yes these were turkeys ultimately on their way to Christmas dinner tables! Oh what conflicting thoughts started running through my head! To read more click on the post title or image.
Month: August 2017
Sagar Lane Market Gardens – A High Level Duo
Sarah and Ash each run one of two geographically-separate market garden sites high in the Pennine Hills above the Calderdale market towns of Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. This is really growing on the wild windswept slopes of the Pennines! To read more click on the post title or image.
Gibside Community Farm
The National Trust-owned Gibside Estate at Rowlands Gill just outside of Newcastle is the spectacular location for a true community-led growing project which uses part of an historically significant walled garden on the estate along with some fields a couple of miles from the main site. To read more click on the post title or image.
Jonah Maurice – The House Built Of Allendale
I’d first met Jonah Maurice on a cold, squally February day as he felled trees along a steep slope in Allendale. I went back in friendlier weather to experience the amazing house he was building To read more click on the post title or image.
HMP Rye Hill
In prison was not where I was expecting to spend any time during my travels around small scale farmers and growers! That’s exactly where I did though spend a quite unforgettable day. Specifically at HMP Rye Hill. To read more click on the post title or image.
Horton Community Farm
Inner city regeneration lies at the core of Horton Community Farm – an inspirational project in the heart of Bradford. To read more click on the post title or image.
Kindling Trust and the Land Army
Kindling Trust, a small Manchester-based charity, can hardly be said to lack ambition. Put simply, its aim to to transform the food supply chains of its host city and create an exemplar of a just and ecologically sustainable society for others to follow. To read more click on the post title or image.
Bedford Fields – The Girls From Brazil
The Brazilian beat hit the world of Bedford Field’s Forest garden in the heart of the city of Leeds with a bang when a group of students from Brazil decided to make the garden the site of their dissertation project for their studies in Environmental Engineering at nearby University of Leeds! To read more click on the post title or image.
Craig Worrell – Mushroom Foraging
Foraging for wild mushrooms is one of those idyllic sounding things which could have quite fatal results if you get it wrong!! I had the privilege of experiencing it in the safe hands of Craig Worrel, permaculturist and professional forager. To read more click on the post title or image.
